[Sussex] Patents.. again

[Rob Boss]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey J Teale" <tealeg at member.fsf.org>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:10 PM
Subject: [Sussex] Patents.. again


> 
> Evenin' all,
> 
> As you are no doubt aware there's been a lot on the web this week
> about the possibility that the EU commission may behave in its most
> anti-democratic manner and push on with patents despite the wishes of
> JURI.
> 
> I won't say much more on that subject, if it goes through then Steve
> W. and I will agree on a political point more strongly than ever in
> living memory.
> 
> 
> The good news is Computer Associates, another of the worlds largest
> patent holders is to follow IBM and Sun in giving F/OSS software
> freedom to use it's patents without redress.  
> 
> It increasingly looks like the only really dangerous patent holders
> (as far as Linux is concerned) will be our old friends at Microsoft
> and SCO.
> 
> -- 
> Geoff Teale
> Cmed Technology    || Free Software Foundation
> gteale at cmedltd.com || tealeg at member.fsf.org
> 
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